Dianne White

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text highlight the animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.

"A unique exploration of different animals' favorite foods and what color those foods are."--

Transitions in a child's life--getting a hair cut, learning to ride a bike, and making friends on the first day of school--bring opportunities for new, different, and exciting experiences.

"An afternoon in the playground introduces different kinds of walls: a brick wall to draw on with chalk, a water wall, and a climbing wall. What follows is a playful yet profound exploration of the many ways walls can divide us or bring us together. Whenone child is excluded from a game, another builds a castle to leave him out. When the builder declares the castle MINE, other kids feel alienated-but the builder becomes lonely, too, when the others...

"It's your time to shine. Show the world who you are: confident, courageous a bright rising star! Growing up means there are times for feeling your best, succeeding, feeling uncertain, and failing-and everything in between. Things may be ever-changing but this moment, right now-whether it's a regular day or a pivotal occasion like a graduation-is the reader's time to take charge." --publisher's website